Yeah my ex's family of Phillips supposedly has them traced back to the Mayflower and Peregrine White. However, they won't share. Everytime my daughter asks noone knows who has the information. cindy On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi again, > > Just a quick note to ask how many enjoy - finding cousins ! > > And, do you come from a large family and have many cousins, or do you come > from a small family and only have a few cousins? > > Because KIDDER is my main research (along with spouses' surnames), and > I've been learning about the families in Calais and Princeton, Maine, for > over 15 years, I've found many descendants of them. Along the Maine / > New Brunswick border there was Calvin KIDDER (1765-1799) and his only > child, > Joseph "Calvin" KIDDER (1799-1891) (aka Calvin KIDDER), so I'm always > looking for more descendants of "the two Calvin's." > > In fact I just found another one last month. One son of Calvin (b1799) > was Joseph KIDDER who was my gr-gr-grandfather. I have a few old photos > of him - because his daughter-in-law in MA used to go up to visit him in > Princeton, ME. But, I have no picture of Joe's wife, "Clara" KIDDER, or > of any other member of the family. So, I wrote a letter to the Princeton > Library and sent copies of a few photos. I asked if they had photos to > share. Turned out? The Librarian was a KIDDER descendant ! :o) > > And, she actually went out and took a photo for me - of the KIDDER > gravestone in the town. I've been wanting that for 15 years . :o) > * > > When I find these descendants, I usually refer to them as "distant cousins" > or "very distant cousins." I'll go find a "cousins' chart" and see what > I > should be calling them. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin > > On quick look I'm not finding the "cousin chart" which I've found to be the > easiest to look at. Maybe it's one of these: > > http://www.cyndislist.com/cousins.htm > > http://stellar-one.com/genealogy/cousins.htm > > That's all for this morning ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > P.S. How many have written up a "fan chart" ?? > > > http://www.thetreemaker.com/samples/cousins-chart/family-genealogy-record.html > > > P.S.2 One of my genealogy frustrations? 4-5 years ago a man e-mailed > me and said he wanted to make up a "family tree" for his best friend. > Once he had the information, he was going to write it up on a "chart" that > could be put in a frame - and hung on the friend's wall. > > I had some basic information on my KERR and HENDERSON gr-gr-gr-grandparents > in Argenteuil Co., Prov. of Quebec, and I told him some of what I knew. > We corresponded for a few weeks, and then? I never heard from him again ! > He had told me that he had some basic information himself, and, when he had > a chart put together, he would send me a copy of it ! He didn't ! > > I also heard that some of my mother's cousins had done up a family-tree > (related to the above man). And they won't "share." I saw one cousin > at a few "wakes" and we discussed it. I was supposed to go visit her and > never had the opportunity. And, then she passed. I wrote to her > husband > (2nd husband), and he said he would come visit me. But, he didn't say he > would "share." I offered to meet him at his local library, and he > didn't > want to do that. > > So, sometimes - you can't "get" that information ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > P.S. I've been writing slow-mail letters to different KIDDER's near > Calais, ME, for 15 years. And, they just wouldn't correspond with me ! > A few years ago someone explained: The people in that area? "Won't > even their mouth for their dentist !!" > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Cindyp Lose inches with It Works! body wraps http://LoseWeightin72.com http://grammiesbears.com http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips

Hi Cindy, Oh, don't start a discussion on EX's. :o) (just teasing) I have the same situation. I wanted to write up a family tree for my children, and I had heard their grandfather, in his later years, had written one up. But, EX and I were (and are) on terrible terms, and he and his father were "two peas in a pod." The father had given a copy to his 5 children. The only daughter was semi-orphaned when she 14. She was about to become a "Ward of the State" in Brooklyn, NY, and I "insisted" that she come live with us. (long story) So, she came to live in "this hick-town" in MA - very begrudgingly. So, I became her substitute mother for a while, and I helped to raise her children. After all the children became teens, she decided to start criticizing me, so we became estranged. Now? She won't give me a copy of her father's family-tree. I had a few names and I looked them up in the census pages. But, those 1940's are a tough time for researchers. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Phillips" <cphillips59@gmail.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Cousins, Half-Cousins, Step-Cousins,Distant Cousins > Yeah my ex's family of Phillips supposedly has them traced back to the > Mayflower and Peregrine White. However, they won't share. Everytime my > daughter asks noone knows who has the information. > > cindy > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: